Minding bodies : how physical space, sensation, and movement affect learning

Summary: What happens to teaching when you consider the whole body (and not just "brains on sticks")? Starting from new research on the body--aptly summarized as "sitting is the new smoking"--Minding Bodies aims to help instructors improve their students' knowledge and skills through physical movement, attention to the spatial environment, and sensitivity to humans as more than "brains on sticks." It shifts the focus of adult learning from an exclusively mental effort toward an embodied, sensory-rich experience, offering new strategies to maximize the effectiveness of time spent learning together on campus as well as remotely. Minding Bodies draws from a wide range of body/mind research in cognitive psychology, kinesiology, and phenomenology to bring a holistic perspective to teaching and learning. The embodied learning approaches described by Susan Hrach are inclusive, low-tech, low-cost strategies that deepen the development of disciplinary knowledge and skills. Campus change-makers will also find recommendations for supporting a transformational mission through an attention to students' embodied learning experiences.

Record details

ISBN: 1949199991
ISBN: 1949199983
ISBN: 9781949199994
ISBN: 9781949199987
ISBN: 1952271002
ISBN: 9781952271007
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 204 pages ): illustrations.
remote
Computer data.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Morgantown : West Virginia University Press, 2021.
Copyright: �2021

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:july.22 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-196) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Awaken the senses. Optimize the classroom -- Take it outside -- Leveraging the body for learning. Interrogate sensory perceptions -- Learn to move, move to learn -- Break through boundaries. Move around together -- Embrace discomfort.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access restricted by subscription. Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff.
Biographical or Historical Data:	Susan Hrach is director of the faculty center and professor of English at Columbus State University. Winner of the University System of Georgia Regents' Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Award, she is widely recognized for her innovations in teaching world literature.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by EBSCO.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from PDF title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed May 24, 2021)